"In the summer of 2012, the Supreme Court of
Canada issued rulings on five copyright cases in a single day. The
cases represent a seismic shift in Canadian copyright law, with the
Court providing an unequivocal affirmation that copyright exceptions
such as fair dealing should be treated as users’ rights, while
emphasizing the need for a technology neutral approach to copyright law."

"The Court’s decisions, which were quickly dubbed the 'copyright
pentalogy,' included no fees for song previews on services such as
iTunes, no additional payment for music included in downloaded video
games, and that copying materials for instructional purposes may qualify
as fair dealing.
The Canadian copyright community soon looked beyond the cases and their
litigants and began to debate the larger implications of the decisions.
Several issues quickly emerged."

"This book represents an effort by some of Canada’s leading copyright
scholars to begin the process of examining the long-term implications of
the copyright pentalogy. The diversity of contributors ensures an
equally diverse view on these five cases, contributions are grouped into
five parts. Part 1 features three chapters on the standard of review in
the courts. Part 2 examines the fair dealing implications of the
copyright pentalogy, with five chapters on the evolution of fair dealing
and its likely interpretation in the years ahead. Part 3 contains two
chapters on technological neutrality, which the Court established as a
foundational principle of copyright law. The scope of copyright is
assessed in Part 4 with two chapters that canvas the exclusive rights
under the copyright and the establishment of new “right” associated with
user-generated content. Part 5 features two chapters on copyright
collective management and its future in the aftermath of the Court’s
decisions."

"This volume represents the first comprehensive scholarly analysis of
the five rulings. Edited by Professor Michael Geist, the Canada Research
Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, the
volume includes contributions from experts across Canada. This
indispensable volume identifies the key aspects of the Court's decisions
and considers the implications for the future of copyright law in
Canada."

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